The new Redshift Mousetrap pedal adaptors for SPD-SL are the ideal hack for when you need to use your road bike for a quick errand or a ride into town to meet friends.
They're also a great solution for when you don’t want to arrive and be clomping around in road shoes like Bambi on ice.
Released today, the new Mousetraps for SPD-SL follow on from the brilliant SPD Mousetraps introduced earlier this year. Redshift has also launched a new version of the Mousetrap for Look Keo pedals.
Whenever I’m maintaining my own bikes or setting up a test bike, the final piece of the puzzle is taking it for a few laps around town to check everything is shipshape.
Riding single-sided road pedals in non-cycling shoes is treacherous, plus you’ll never get that proper connection to test gear shifts fully under load.
On my road bikes, that means needing to put on a pair of road shoes.
That’s something of a pain, but thankfully Redshift has come to the rescue.
The design is simple – the large nylon-infused composite platform has a spring-loaded centre section. This works much like a mousetrap; you simply lift the centre, then hook the front of the spring-loaded trap into the front of the pedal and push down. It clicks into place and forms a large, flat, secure platform.
The textured surface grips non cycling shoes well. The platforms have embedded magnets, too, so when not in use they clip together in a pocket-sized package.
These SPD-SL Mousetraps now sit alongside the mountain bike versions in my garage/workshop and have become a time-saving essential when working on bikes, running errands or just heading out for coffee.
Like the SPD version, the Redshift Mousetrap SPD-SL and Look-Keo compatible Mousetraps are priced at £54.99 / $59.99 a pair.
